Odds and sods...

Bibury, view Arlington row

Almost a non starter in the countryside today, forecast dismal, and early showers didn't bode well. Against his better judgement Martin voted to give it a go and  we set off to Bibury for a couple of small tasks. Weather surprisingly good, made me feel good, but obviously not the pole saw which wouldn't run, so the cherry tree missed out on a 'short back and sides'. All was not lost since we cleared up some willow we coppiced earlier in the year and had a quick look around Rack Isle surveying  trees and the 'drying out' water courses.

Packs a punch, 'king hitter'

Next stop was Clump farm to deliver some hefty gate posts to the contractors [The 'Shaun' and Martin] putting in  new boundary fencing.  Got my first close up and personal look at the 'king hitter' in action as it pounded in one of the strainer posts in less than 2 minutes. Hardly fair I thought since my last experience at manually putting in posts of this size was 1 hour plus! Since the weather was still looking good Martin and I moved down the hill to move a sizeable tree which had fallen onto the NT fence line from an adjoining property. No simple job and slightly frustrating since this should have been done by the landowner but sometimes apparently you have to suck it up! Ended a varied day by blocking up 2 previously felled ash trees which were duly delivered to Sherborne with the much promised showers finally arriving.